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74'ru CONGRESS . SESS . II. CHS . 695-698 . JUNE 22, 1 936. Vir gi nia the judge appointed pursuant to the authority granted by this Act shall become the district judge for the northern dis- trict of West Virginia and no successor shall be appointed to the vacancy thus occurring in the position created by this Act . Approved, June 22, 1936 . [CHAPTER 696 .] Tune 22, 1936 .

AN ACT [5 :3344 .] To appoint one additional judge of the District Court of the United States for [Public, No.746.]

the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the and K ent ucky western eastern judicial United St ates of A merica in Congress assemble d, That the Presi dent districts .

of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint, by thoi edfor fudge an- and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional judge of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky. The judge shall be a resident of the State of Kentucky and shall possess the same powers, perform the same duties, and receive the same compensation as the present judges of the respective districts . Approved, June 22, 1936 . [CHAPTER 697.] AN ACT June 22, 1936 . [S .3488.1

To provide for an examination and survey to determine the best utilization of [Public, No. 747 .] the surplus waters of the S an Juan River and the Animas River a nd to de ter- mine the feasibility and cost of storing such waters and of dive rting th em to the Rio Chama and Rio Grande . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the San Juan, etc ., United States of America in Congre ss assemb led, Tha t the Sec retary Rivers . Survey to determine of the Interior be,

J and he is hereby, authorized and directed to best utilization of sur- cause an examination and survey to be made to determine the best pl us etc ., an- utilization of the surplus waters of the San Juan River, a tributary of the Colorado River, and to determine the best possible use of such waters in the San Juan Basin without injury to the present users of the wa ters of the San Juan River and b y diversio n if feasible of a portion of such surplus waters to the Rio Chama, a Report to Congress . tributary of the Rio Grande River, and to . report the results of such surveys and examinations to the Congress as soon as possible . There Sum aut hori zed .

is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $50,000, or so much thereof 1 may be necessary, to carry out the purposes of this Act Proviso .

Provided That $17, 500 of the above sum may be expended for a Similar examination

3' of Animas River .

simi lar exami nation and survey of the sur plus wate rs of the Animas River, a tributary of the Rio Grande River', with a view to the diversion, if feasible, of a portion of such surplus waters to the Rio Grande River . Approved, June 22, 1936 . [CHAPTER 698 .] AN ACT June 22, 1936 . IS .3805 .] To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reserve certain lands on the public [Public, No . 748.]

domain in Nevada for addition to the Walker River Indian Reservation . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the walker River Indian United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- Rese rva tio nN Ce rta in public ia nds tary of the Interior be, and he is hereby authorized to set aside not added to. to exceed one hundred and seventy-one thousand two hundred acres, Location.

or so much thereof as he may deem advisable, of the public-domain ' So in original .